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Emerson Drive with opening act Jacob Lyda will take the stage at MIS during the June race weekend for the Saturday-night post-race concert. Canadian contemporary country music group Emerson Drive will headline the always popular and free concert in the New Holland Fan Plaza on Saturday, June 18. The concert on the Jagermeister stage will begin approximately 30 minutes after the Alliance Truck Parts 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race.

Michigan International Speedway will hosts its 84th and 85th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in 2011, track officials announced Friday. The track’s opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend in 2011 will be a return to Father’s Day on June 19. The series will visit Michigan later that summer on August 21.

Show that special someone you care with a personalized birthday message on the Michigan International Speedway scoreboard this summer! MIS is excited to announce its new scoreboard message capabilities, allowing fans a chance to see their birthday message on the scoreboard during race days. For a $25 donation to MIS Cares, fans can have a special message posted on the scoreboard for the entire crowd to see.

Due to its overwhelming popularity in 2010, Michigan International Speedway and its president, Roger Curtis, are bringing back Roger’s Fantasy Pick ‘Em Contest for another season. MIS is hosting the free weekly NASCAR pick ‘em contest at www.MISpeedway.com/rogerpickem.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series race at MIS, traditionally held in conjunction with the Sprint Cup Series event in August, will move to June. That move means the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event will be held in August.

With the lowest prices of the season still available for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in 2011, now is a great opportunity to purchase gift certificates for family and friends in $25 increments. Gift certificates can be used for tickets, camping, pit passes or hospitality packages for the June or August race weekends.

For some, patience is a virtue. But for others, waiting stinks. Michigan International Speedway ticket renewals were just shipped via US Mail three days ago, but Debbie Redell and her husband Keith couldn’t wait to renew. The Sturtevant, Wis., couple was the first to buy their tickets for 2011.

After a strong start to the 2011 season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. may find that a return to Michigan International Speedway might also mean a return to Gatorade Victory Lane. For those that don’t remember, his last NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win was at MIS in June 2008, 107 races ago.